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Lists Of Dukes
Lists of dukes include: * List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland * List of dukes in Europe * List of dukes in the nobility of Italy * List of dukes in the peerage of Spain See also * Lists of dukedoms * Duke (other) for people and places named Duke {{DEFAULTSORT:Dukes Lists of dukes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below grand dukes and above or below princes, depending on the country or specific title. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin language, Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in Roman Republic, republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic peoples, Germanic or Celts, Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dukes In The Peerages Of Britain And Ireland
This is a list of the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Peerage of England, Kingdom of England, Peerage of Scotland, Kingdom of Scotland, Peerage of Great Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain, Peerage of Ireland, Kingdom of Ireland, Peerage of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 and after. For a more complete historical listing, including extinct, dormant, abeyant, forfeit dukedoms in addition to these extant ones, see List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland. History In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations). Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Duke of Monmouth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dukes In Europe
The following is a list of historic duchy, dukedoms in Europe: Austria The List of rulers of Austria, Austrian lands: * the Duchies of Austria proper * the Duchy of Carinthia (today in Austria, Italy and Slovenia) * the Duchy of Styria (today in Austria and Slovenia) * the Duchy of Carniola (today Slovenia). The Habsburg dukes came to style themselves Archdukes. Bohemia The Czech lands: * the Duchy of Bohemia * the Duchies of Silesia The Duchy of Bohemia became Kingdom of Bohemia in 1212. France Royal dukes Non-royal dukes Germany Although the titled aristocracy of Germany no longer holds a legal rank, nearly all ducal families in Germany continued to be treated as dynasty, dynastic (i.e., "royalty") for marital and genealogical purposes after 1918. Some maintain dynastic traditions that are reflected in roles they still play in high society networks, philanthropy and Germany's version of local "Squire#Present status (England), squirearchy" visibility. At first, the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dukes In The Nobility Of Italy
This is a list of extant dukedoms in the Italian nobility, nobility of Italy. The Kingdom of Italy was dissolved in 1946 and the use of titles of nobility is not currently recognized or regulated by the Italian state. Italian Genealogy.com This list includes dukedoms in Italy which were created by sovereign rulers other than the King of Italy, such as the Holy Roman Emperor and the Holy See, as well as titles that originally belonged to the sovereigns of self-governing territories, such as the Duchy of Ferrara. It does not include Italian geographical titles created by French or Spanish rulers in the nobilities of their respective nations. Sovereign Grand dukes and Dukes (as of 1860) Royal dukes Non-royal dukes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Italy, list of dukes in the nobility of Dukes in Italy, * Lists of dukes Lists of Italian nobility, Italy dukes Lists of peerages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dukes In The Peerage Of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain. The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Dukedom of Segorbe, Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Infantado (1475). Spanish dukes have order of precedence, precedence over other ranks of Spanish nobility, nowadays all holding the court rank of ''Grandeza de España, Grande de España'', ''i.e.'' Grandee Kingdom of Spain, of the Realm. The only exception to this is the Duke of Fernandina, Dukedom of Fernandina, which due to a series of complex rehabilitation processes was never recognised with such title.Salazar y Acha, Jaime de, ''Los grandes de España (siglos XV-XXI)'', Ediciones Hidalguía (Madrid, 2012), p. 474 Dukes in the peerage of Spain See also *Spanish nobility *Grandee, Grandee of Spain *List of vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Dukedoms
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Lists of dukedoms include: * List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland ** Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom * List of French dukedoms * Dukedoms in Portugal * List of dukedoms in Spain * Duchies in Sweden See also * Lists of dukes Lists of dukes include: * List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland * List of dukes in Europe * List of dukes in the nobility of Italy * List of dukes in the peerage of Spain See also * Lists of dukedoms * Duke (other) for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke (other)
A duke is an aristocrat of very high rank. Duke or The Duke may also refer to: * Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina Geography * Duke, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Duke (Kiseljak), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Duke Township, Harnett County, North Carolina * Duke Township, Jackson County, Oklahoma – see List of Oklahoma townships * (The) Duke City, a nickname for Albuquerque, New Mexico * Duke Island (Alaska) * La Duke Island, Nunavut, Canada People * Duke (nickname), a list of people * Duke (given name), a list of people * Duke (surname), including a list of people Fictional characters * Bo, Luke, Daisy and Jesse Duke from the American television series * Edmund Duke (''StarCraft'') * Duke (G.I. Joe), from the G.I. Joe TV series, toy line and comic book series * Uncle Duke, from ''Doonesbury'' * Tony "Duke" Evers, in the ''Rocky'' films * Duke Lavery, on the American soap opera ''General Hospital'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
